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Boston Dynamics Commercializes Spot Quadruped Robot

Organization: Boston Dynamics
Country: United States
State: MA
Website: www.bostondynamics.com
Year Founded: 1992
Number of Employees: 101-500
Innovation Class: Technology & Services Innovation
Innovation Subclass: Product Introduction

Boston Dynamics hopes to kick-start commercial quadruped market.

Description:
Boston Dynamics' Spot quadruped launched in September 2019 through the company's Early Adopter Program. With mounting rails, payload ports, and an open-source software development kit, developers can create custom methods of controlling the robot, design payloads that expand the capabilities of the base robot platform, and integrate sensor information into data analysis tools.

Spot autonomously accomplishes industrial sensing and remote operation needs, while carrying payloads with endurance far beyond aerial drones. Early adopters are in a range of industries, from construction to energy utility, public safety, mining, and entertainment.

Analysis:
Quadruped robots have historically been relegated to research labs. The high prices, combined with challenges in agility, control, power consumption and stability, often make them less reliable and desirable than wheeled mobile robots. Boston Dynamics is hoping to change that and kick-start the commercial quadruped market with the limited release of Spot.

This is not only an important measuring stick for quadruped robots as a technology, but it is also a crucial test for Boston Dynamics’ goals of solving the hard problems in robotics. These efforts have led to major new functionality, as the company focuses on developing robots for real-world applications. - Steve Crowe

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